Who Is Mendeley Data For?

Mendeley Data is for researchers who need to publish or share datasets, and for students, scholars, and other users who want to find reusable research data. It also suits anyone searching papers, books, ebooks, library records, or reading archives, and anyone who needs help with research data management or discovery.

The Core Audiences

Researchers Publishing or Sharing Data

If you have produced a dataset as part of a study and need a place to deposit it, Mendeley Data is built for that task. Publishing a dataset makes it citable and discoverable, which matters when you want your underlying data to be findable alongside your paper.

Students and Scholars Looking for Reusable Data

If you need data you did not collect yourself — for a thesis, a replication, a secondary analysis, or a class project — Mendeley Data is a place to search for datasets others have shared. The value here is reuse: you avoid recollecting data that already exists and can build on published work.

Users Searching Papers, Books, Ebooks, Library Records, or Reading Archives

Mendeley Data also supports searching across these material types. If your task is locating a paper, a book or ebook, a library record, or a reading archive, this is one of the entry points you can use.

Anyone Needing Research Data Management or Discovery

If your need is broader — organising, managing, or discovering research data rather than a single search — Mendeley Data fits that general purpose as well.

Quick Fit Check

What to Do Next

• If you are publishing: prepare your dataset and deposit it so it can be cited and discovered.
• If you are searching: start from the material type you need — dataset, paper, book or ebook, library record, or reading archive.
• If you are managing data: treat Mendeley Data as your discovery and management entry point.

The deciding factor is simple: if your work involves sharing research data or finding data and scholarly materials to reuse, Mendeley Data is aimed at you.